Skid Row (Gary Moore) ~ Skid (1970) CD 2007 Repertoire Records Germany •• NEW ••

Description: Skid Row Skid AUDIO CD BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED Repertoire Records RES 2339 UPC | 4009910233924 ℗ 1970 CBS Records © 2007 Repertoire Records ►Features Gary Moore on Guitar at 17 years of age TRACK LISTING 01. Mad Dog Woman 02. Virgo's Daughter 03. Heading Home Again 04. An Awful Lot Of Woman 05. Unco-Up Showband Blues 06. For Those Who Do 07. After I'm Gone 08. The Man Who Never Was 09. Felicity Much of the excitement is due to the presence of a 17 year old lead guitarist and singer, who would go on to fame and fortune. However, this group is not the U.S. Skid Row fronted by Sebastian Bach that came to prominence in the early 1990s. What we find is a dynamic trio storming out of Ireland, showcasing future guitar hero Gary Moore. Our Skid Row created quite a sensation among Seventies' blues fans. They were much impressed by their audacious zest and determination to match the best of contemporary bands such as Rory Gallagher's Taste. Gary Moore was clearly out to prove himself the equal of such iconic guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Rory Gallagher and Peter Green. He certainly displays a talent for speed on such numbers as Mad Dog Woman' and 'An Awful Lot Of Woman' that are among the highlights of this explosive 1970 debut. Clever, intricate arrangements abound, while Gary skids into the studio to crash barriers at 100 miles an hour. The result is a gem of an album that bridges blues and progressive rock and burns with the white heat of ambition. Gary clearly had a gritty determination to reach the top. He was born in Belfast on April 4, 1952 and began playing guitar at the age of eight. As a teenager he gained valuable experience playing in show bands and rock groups, and showed an early aptitude for the blues. Within days of arriving in England from Northern Ireland, he had decided the local competition wasn’t so hot. All Skid Row needed was a hit record and although they never became a huge success, they achieved a lot and gave a kick start to Gary’s solo career. Gary would eventually go on to play with such bands as Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II and The Greg Lake Band, and he led his own all-star groups. Skid Row began life in Dublin, Eire in 1967. Their bass guitarist Brendan ’Brush’ Shiels had been playing in country rock bands for some years, and after winning several Irish polls, decided to form his own group. He invited the best looking local singer to front the band, none other than Philip Lynott, who would go on to lead Thin Lizzy. Guitarist Bernard Cheevers and drummer Noel Bridgeman completed the group, whose name was going to be My Father's Moustache, later changed to Skid Row. Record shop owner and manager Ted Carroll promoted them as a flower power group, complete with light show. Most of their numbers were covers of songs by The Byrds. The Doors and The Beatles. Phil's charisma and showmanship ensured the band became a popular attraction at college gigs. Skid Row was hailed as one of Ireland’s top bands, but the London music biz took little interest in their demo tapes. The group and their manager were very disappointed at the lack of record company attention. As a result, Bernard Cheevers decided he'd rather work at the Guinness plant in Dublin than stay with the band, and was promptly replaced by Gary Moore, the kid from Belfast who was lured with the promise of a flat of his own in Dublin and £15 a week wages. '"Needless to say, I never got the £15." he recalls. However, Gary liked the experimental nature of Skid Row's approach and joined Skid Row in time for recording sessions in 1969. The first single was a Brush Shiels song called ‘New Faces, Old Places’, which proved a minor hit. At this point, Phil Lynott had to have his tonsils out. While he was away, the band decided to carry on as a three piece. The group signed to CBS and their next single was ‘Saturday Morning Man’. The band’s first album ‘Skid’ (1970) was produced by Clifford Davis and recorded in just eleven hours. Gary, Noel and Brendan wasted no time and the opening cut ‘Mad Dog Woman' typifies their determination to blow listeners away with their brand of angsty blues rock. The tight unison played chorus towards the climax of the piece is quite devastating. ‘Virgo's Daughter’ continues the strategy of revitalising traditional blues with Irish energy. ‘It was written in the stars’ leaps out from psychedelic lyrics that are underpinned by Moore's staccato phrasing. Brendan Shiels holds it all together with his pivotal bass lines and Noel Bridgeman has the task of matching his colleagues for speed. There is a tribal feel to this unusual piece full of chants and percussion, topped by a mysteriously drawn out coda. Gary gets into a country skiffle groove on ‘Heading Home Again’ with what sounds suspiciously like spoons providing the rhythm accompaniment behind more relaxed vocals. ‘An Awful Lot Of Woman' is back to fast and furious mode, with Gary dropping into half tempo shuffle time between flurries of notes which risk his fingers bursting into flames. He then goes completely over the top on ‘Unco-Up Showband Blues’, while ‘For Those Who Do' makes heavy demands on the drummer who has to keep pace with Gary’s lightning fast twists and turns. ‘After I’m Gone’ spins off into a jazzy groove, with lots of skidding breaks and tempo changes, before veering into more laid back Cream territory. (Gary’s teenage dreams finally came true when he played with former Cream stars Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker in the group BB&M in the 1990s). ‘The Man Who Never Was’ launches into another frenzied attack before the music reaches climax with final cut ‘Felicity’. This complex arrangement has space for a Brush Shiels ‘Jazz Odyssey' style bass solo. For those who preferred Derek & The Dominos or The Band, ‘Skid’ must have seemed like a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. But this album was a lot of fun and still sounds impressive some 35 years later. Skid Row toured America and Europe twice on the back of ‘Skid’, which was sufficiently successful for CBS to release a second album '34 Hours' (1971), so named after the increased studio time made available. All seemed to be going well, but just as the band were preparing for a third U.S. tour, Gary Moore decided to quit. Skid Row reformed a few months later with Paul Chapman, formerly guitarist with Welsh group The Universe. Bridgemore and Shiels later returned to Dublin and released ‘Alive And Kicking’ in 1976. Chapman also quit to find fame with UFO. Meanwhile Gary recorded a solo album ‘Grinding Stone' (1973) before going off to play with Phil Lynott in Thin Lizzy. After many adventures, including scoring a hit single with ‘Parisienne Walkways’ in 1979, a more mature Gary Moore found solace and satisfaction by reviving his career as a true blues guitarist, releasing such successful albums as ‘Back To The Blues’ (2001), ‘Power Of The Blues' (2004) and ‘Old New Ballads Blues' (2006). He remains one of the finest guitarists of his generation, and it is good to recall that 'Skid' was the blue touch paper that lit Gary’s fire. ~ Chris Welch London, England. December 2006 SHIPPING TO USA ONLY Buyer Pays Shipping $3.99 1st CD $3.99... each additional $1.50 CDs will only be combined with other CDs or DVDs To qualify for the combined discount, all items must be purchased together, paid for with 1 payment, and shipped all together in 1 shipment. Please use the add to cart feature, once you have ordered all your desired items, proceed to checkout to complete your order with the combined total.

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